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The judge reads the instructions to the jury. This is commonly referred to as the judge's charge to the jury. In giving the instructions, the judge will state the issues in the case and define any terms or words that may not be familiar to the jurors.

The judge will advise the jury that it is the sole judge of the facts and of the credibility (believability) of witnesses. He or she will note that the jurors are to base their conclusions on the evidence as presented in the trial, and that the opening and closing arguments of the lawyers are not evidence.

We have reached the point where you are about to undertake your final function as jurors. You have paid careful attention to the evidence, and I am confident that you will act together with fairness and impartiality to reach a just verdict in the case. My duty at this point is to instruct you as to the law.

Nevada Pattern Jury Instruction 10.09 tells a jury how to award damages in a case of diminished value. The court instructs the jury that if repairs don't fully restore the value of the damaged property, the jury should award the victim the difference between fair market value and the value post repair.

General Contract Questions The basic format in the Texas Pattern Jury Charges to submit a breach of contract is to ask, as needed, whether the parties had an agreement and whether one or both of the parties failed to comply with the agreement.

Instructing the jury and charging the jury are synonymous terms. True. The purpose of instructing the jury is to summarize the law applicable to the case.